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15 days Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania itinerary: wildebeest and primates
Safari overview
This 15-day Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania safari experience will take you to places like Kibale national park of Uganda where you will be able to see various primates that call the park their home. You will visit Murchison fall national park for the scenic and wildlife viewing throughout the park before heading to Zziwa rhinos’ sanctuary where you will be able to see both black and white rhinos as you prepare to drive through Uganda to Kenya to continue with your adventure.
In Kenya, you will visit the renowned Masai Mara national reserve famous for its high concentration of lions and its contribution in wildebeest migration with crocodile infected River Mara providing the climax of this all-year-round event that will start from southern Serengeti national park with the calving season in January of every year.
After enough days in Masai Mara, you will cross over to the near by Tanzania where you will be visiting Serengeti national park, known for its high concentration of big cats including over 300 lions, leopards, cheetahs, among other carnivores. The park is also a home to several herbivores and popularly known for its diversified landscape. You adventure will continue to the Ngorongoro crater, the biggest caldera in the world where you will encounter all the big five of Africa including elephant cheetah, leopard lion and rhinos. The adventure will continue to take you to Usambara mountain and proceed to Dar es salaam where you will be catching your ferry to Zanzibar.
Summary itinerary
Day 1: Entebbe – Ziwa Rhino – proceed to Murchison falls
Day 2: Murchison Falls Game drive
Day 3: Murchison falls transfer to Kibale National Park (6-7 hours)
Day 4: Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale
Day 5: Kibale National Park to Jinja
Day 6: Jinja to Homa bay near Kogatende Sirari Border
Day 7 to day 9: Sirari boarder to Masai Mara
Day 10: Drive through Masai Mara to Kogatende and Mugume
Day 11 to day 12: Full day Serengeti
Day 13: Game drive at Ngorongoro crater
Day 14: transfer to Usambara Mountains
Day 15: transfer to Dar es salaam
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Entebbe – Ziwa Rhino – proceed to Murchison falls
pick up from hotel and transfer to Ziwa Rhino sanctuary (2-3hrs drive) to have some time with these African big five, rhino tracking will take us 1-2 hours after we shall have lunch at kabalega Dinners and after that we proceed to the park and visit top of Murchison the strongest waterfall. It is famous for its powerful plunges over 40-meters cliff and breathtaking scenery of river Nile, the longest in the world. From there you drive to your lodge in time for dinner and overnight. Check in at your lodge
Accommodation: Heritage Safari Lodge
Day 2: Murchison Falls Game drive
Game drive and Afternoon Launch cruise on the Nile River. Wake up early and take breakfast as you wait for the driver to take you for an early morning game drive at the Nyamsika plateau. (Or Nile-Albert wetland Game Drive) The purpose of this game drive is to catch the early morning risers in Murchison falls. Expect to spot lions, Leopard, elephants, hyenas, warthogs, the Uganda kob, sitatunga antelope, Rothschild’s giraffes, oribi, Hartebeest, Cape buffaloes, bushbucks, bush pigs, bush duikers and Bohor reedbucks. The predators to look out for are lions, spotted hyenas and leopards. After the morning game drive, the Driver/Guide will take you back to the hotel for lunch and refreshment as you prepare for the boat cruise along the Nile. The boat cruise starts from the bottom of the park and goes on upstream up to the bottom of the falls. The starting point has an amazing collection of wildlife. Expect to see crocodiles, water bucks and hippos. From there, drive back to LODGE at Murchison for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Heritage Safari Lodge
Day 3: Murchison falls transfer to Kibale National Park (6-7 hours), Afternoon Chimpanzee Permits – Travel Planner – Kibale National Park
After breakfast, you will take 6-7 hours transfer from Murchison to Kibale forest national park. The journey goes through Albertine rift valley landscape via Fort portal town where you stop for lunch en route. From there you drive around fort portal crater lakes Enjoy a hike through the forest to spend 1 hour observing taking photos of chimps when they are found. Your time in the rainforest of Kibaale is an opportunity to spot other primates like red colobus monkey, black and white colobus monkey, and grey cheeked mangabey. Return to your lodge for lunch and later overnight.
Accommodation: Mwamba Kelele Lodge at Fort Portal
Day 4: Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale
After breakfast, you will take 6-7 hours transfer from Murchison to Kibale forest national park. The journey goes through Albertine rift valley landscape via Fort portal town where you stop for lunch en route. From there you drive around fort portal crater lakes Enjoy a hike through the forest to spend 1 hour observing taking photos of chimps when they are found. Your time in the rainforest of Kibaale is an opportunity to spot other primates like red colobus monkey, black and white colobus monkey, and grey cheeked mangabay. Return to your lodge for lunch and later overnight.
Accommodation: Mwamba Kelele Lodge at Fort Portal
Day 5: Kibale National Park to Jinja
This will be a day of full transfer from Kibale National Park to jinja nile resoprt , the day will begin with breakfast from the lodge and with arelaxed drive via kichumba nyonmbo gate to Masindi , after the drive will proceed to Kayunga crossing the river Nile bridge to get to jinja the drive will take 8-9 hrs to lodging
Accommodation: Buyala Bliss on the Nile at Jinja
Day 6: Jinja to Homa bay near Kogatende Sirari Border
Jinja to Homa bay near Kogatende. this will be one of the longest drives that will take you from jinja via Busia boarder to Kisumu where we shall have lunch in Kisumu before we proceed via sotik-homabay road along Lake Victoria drive to spend a night at a lodge near Sirari boarder.
Accommodation: around Sirari border
Day 7 to day 9: Sirari boarder to Masai Mara
Your tour starts with pick up at 7:30 AM from your hotel and drive to Masai Mara. This drive will take about 5 to 6.5 hours with a scenic stopover at along the way. Arrive in Masai Mara shortly after noon and check into your lodge at serena lodge masai mara and then depart for an evening game drive to watch for the migration and other big five in the park.
Accommodation: In Masai Mara
Day 10: Drive through Masai Mara to Kogatende and Mugume
The road is on the corrugated and bumpy road and may not be comfortable. We shall be crossing the Grumeti river to
Accommodation: African safari lodge- Ikoma
Day 11 to day 12: Full day Serengeti
Full day exploring the central of Serengeti, which is the residence of all big cats, lions, leopards, cheetah, and many more, we witness the amazing spectacle of the annual wildebeest and zebra migration, when more than one and a half million animals traverse the open plains in in search of fresh grasslands to the north in the Masai Mara.
Accommodation: Zawadi tented lodge
Day 13: Game drive at Ngorongoro crater
After breakfast depart with lunch box drive to Ngorongoro on arrive descend 600 meter down the crater for a game drive and crater tour, The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the most densely crowded African wildlife areas in the world and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals including some of Tanzania’s last remaining black rhino. Ngorongoro National Park has a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. Evening ascend the Crater walls and drive to Karatu , overnight at Crater Rim
Day 14: transfer to Usambara Mountains
After morning breakfast, after enjoying the view of Mount Kilimanjaro as we proceed down wards to Usambala mountains where we shall enjoy great views of the African sisal plantations and great east African railway, we shall have one night in usambala mountains.
Day 15: transfer to Dar es salaam
Beginning the day with a morning breakfast after, we shall enjoy our relaxed drive and proceed to Dar E Salaam where we shall get there late in the evening for your connecting ferry to Stone Town in Zanzibar.
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